System and method for establishing SPVx connections

A mechanism for manipulating the order in which switched permanent virtual x connections are attempted to be established between originating nodes and terminating nodes through a switch fabric comprising:

• a memory;
• a list of switched permanent virtual x connections in the memory, each connection having a priority;
• and
• a controller which attempts to establish connections which are in a down state in an order of the priority of the connections during a pacing timeout interval, said controller includes an aging counter for each connection which identifies the number of times a respective connection is attempted to be established.

A method for establishing switched permanent connections between originating nodes and terminating nodes through a switch fabric comprising the steps of:

• identifying connections which are in a down state to be established between the originating nodes and the terminating nodes during a pacing timeout interval;
• manipulating an order in which the connections are attempted to be established between the originating nodes and the terminating nodes during the pacing timeout interval;
• attempting to establish the connection based on the priority of the connection;
• and
• incrementing an aging counter after each time the connection is attempted to be established and it fails to be established, said aging counter identifying the number of times the respective connection is attempted to be established.